Dendermonde nursery attack
| Dendermonde nursery attack | |
|---|---|
Dendermonde shown within Belgium | |
| Location | Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde, Dendermonde, Belgium |
| Coordinates | 51°1′10″N 4°6′40″E / 51.01944°N 4.11111°E |
| Date | January 23, 2009 10:00 a.m. (CET) |
Attack type | Mass stabbing |
| Weapons | |
| Deaths | 4 (3 in a nursery & a 73 year old woman in her home) |
| Injured | 13 (including the attacker) |
| Perpetrator | Kim de Gelder |
The Dendermonde nursery attack was a stabbing attack on the Fabeltjesland daycare centre in the Flemish village of Sint-Gillis-bij-Dendermonde in Dendermonde, Belgium, at 10:00 a.m. CET (9:00 a.m. UTC) on January 23, 2009. Three people were stabbed to death, and twelve were mutilated in the attack. The suspect has been linked to a separate murder of an elderly lady and police have suggested he was plotting more nursery attacks. The daycare centre where the initial attack occurred is expected never to reopen.